In Occupied Palestine - 23 May 2023
While the Occupation is business as usual for Israel,
there should be no business with Israel
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
(Compiled by Leslie Bravery, Palestine Human Rights Campaign, Auckland, New Zealand)
23 May 2023 {Main source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group (PMG):
https://www.nad.ps/en/violations-reports/daily-report NB:The period covered by this newsletter is taken from the PMG's 24-hour sitrep ending 8am the day after the above date.}
We shall always do our best to verify the accuracy of all items in these IOP newsletters/reports wherever possible [e.g. we often suspect that names of people and places that we see in the PMG sitreps could be typos; also the translation into English seems rather odd ~ but since we, sadly, do not speak Arabic, we have no alternative but to copy and paste these names from the PMG sitreps!] – please forgive us for any errors or omissions – Leslie and Marian.
Israeli Army Gaza incursion
lays waste to land
Israeli Army position opens fire
on Gaza farmland
Israeli Army attack:
home invasion, 2 taken prisoner
Home invasion and forced
personal demolition
Home invasion and armed robbery
Occupation settler violence –
child hospitalised
Night peace disruption and/or
home invasions in 2 UN refugee camps
as well as 10 towns and villages
3 attacks –
2 Israeli ceasefire violations
27 raids including home invasions
1 injured – 2 abducted
2 acts of agricultural sabotage
27 taken prisoner
Home invasions: 04:00, Jenin - 04:00, Anata – Jerusalem – 18:00, Tubas - 19:15-20:30, Bal'a - 02:35-04:00, Nablus - 22:35, Husan - 04:20-07:45, al-Azza UN refugee camp - 04:20-07:45, Aida UN refugee camp.
Peace disruption raids: 11:15, Beit Sira - 13:20, al-Bireh - 03:00, al-Jalazoun UN refugee camp - 08:30-13:35, Ya'bad - 08:30-13:35, Araba - 08:30-13:35, Bir al-Basha - 08:30-13:35, Sanur - 16:35-22:00, Tora village - 17:30, Zububa - 02:45, Qabatiya - 04:35-05:55, Jaba - 11:25-15:30, Jinsafut - 21:00-03:10, Hablat - 00:30-03:00, Kafr Thulth - 08:45, Osirin - 08:45, Beita - 15:00, Balata UN refugee camp - 01:50-07:45, Za'tara.
Palestinian missile attacks: none.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army incursion – agricultural sabotage: Central Gaza – 08:40, Israeli forces, accompanied by reconnaissance aircraft, invaded an area on the eastern edge of Deir al-Balah and laid waste to the land.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Central Gaza – morning, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards farm workers and agricultural land, east of Deir al-Balah.
Israeli Army attack – home invasion – 2 taken prisoner: Jenin – 04:00, raiding Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, invaded a number of homes, taking prisoner two residents.
Home invasions: Jerusalem – 04:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided Anata and searched three homes.
Home invasion and forced personal demolition: Jerusalem – the Israeli Occupation forced a resident, Mahmoud Siam, to destroy his home in the Silwan neighbourhood – or otherwise be forced to pay an extortionate sum to the Israeli Occupation demolition squads, who would be sent in to do it.
Home invasions and population-control: Tubas – 18:00, the Israeli Army forced four families to vacate their homes in the Khirbet Humsa al-Fawqa area, in order to make way for Israeli military training from 18:00 until 09:00 the following day.
Home invasions, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Tulkarem – 19:15-20:30, Israeli forces, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters raided Bal'a and searched of a number of homes.
Home invasions – 2 taken prisoner: Nablus – 02:35-04:00, raiding Israeli troops invaded a number of homes in Nablus and took prisoner two people.
Home invasion – 2 abducted: Bethlehem – 22:35, the Israeli Army raided the village of Husan and abducted two 15-year-old boys: Nasri Alaa Sabatin and Habib Mohammed Sharaf Sabatin.
Home invasions in 2 UN refugee camps: Bethlehem – 04:20-07:45, the Israeli military raided the al-Azza as well as Aida UN refugee camps and searched a number of homes.
Israeli police and settlers' mosque violation: Jerusalem – 08:00, settler militants, escorted by Israeli police, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and molested worshippers.
Israeli Army home invasion and armed robbery: Hebron – 09:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided and searched a home, as well as seizing cash from it to the value of around US$5,000.
Occupation settler violence – child hospitalised: Salfit – 14:55, stone-throwing Israeli settlers, near the Za'tara junction checkpoint, injured a six-year-old child: Yaqeen Bahaa Youssef. She was later admitted to hospital.
Occupation settler violence – theft: Salfit – 19:25, Israelis, from the Emmanuel Occupation settlement, stole four cows belonging to a Deir Istiya resident: Youssef Suleiman Salman.
Raid: Ramallah – 11:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Beit Sira.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 13:20, Israeli forces raided al-Bireh, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – UN refugee camp: Ramallah – 03:00, the Israeli Army invaded the al-Jalazoun UN refugee camp and raided a vegetable shop.
Raids: Jenin – 08:30-13:35, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Ya'bad, Araba as well as the villages of Bir al-Basha and Sanur.
Raid – home demolition orders: Jenin – 16:35-22:00, the Israeli military raided Tora village and issued orders for demolishing two homes, one of them under construction.
Raid – stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jenin – 17:30, Israeli soldiers, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and patrolled the village of Zububa.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – 02:45, the Israeli military raided Qabatiya, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner – stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jenin – 04:35-05:55, Israeli Occupation forces, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided Jaba and invaded a number of homes, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 11:25-15:30, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Jinsafut.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 21:00-03:10, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Hablat.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 00:30-03:00, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Kafr Thulth.
Raid: Nablus – 08:45, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Osirin.
Raid: Nablus – 08:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Beita.
Raid – UN refugee camp: Nablus – 15:00, Israeli forces, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided the Balata UN refugee camp.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 01:50-07:45, the Israeli Army raided Za'tara, taking prisoner two people.
Restrictions of movement (15): Beit Iksa checkpoint: closed for military training - 13:10, al-Mahkama checkpoint closed for a time for the convenience of Beit El settlement Israelis - 09:05, entrance to Turmusaya and on the Wadi al-Delb road - 18:50-21:35, entrance to the village of Ras Karkar, two people briefly detained - 21:00, entrance to Azzun - 00:30, between Azzun and Kafr Thulth - 18:45, between Aqraba and the village of Awarta - 10:15, tightened procedures at the Za'tara Junction checkpoint - 18:30-20:30, northern entrance to Tuqu' - 17:00-18:00, entrance to Bani Naim - 20:50, Khallet Hadour area in Hebron - Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing closed - al-Mantar-Karni crossing closed - al-Shujaiyeh crossing (Nahal Oz) closed - Sufa crossing closed - al-Awda Port closed.
Numbers relating to other people reportedly taken prisoner:
Jerusalem 5, Ramallah 2, Jenin 4, Tubas 1, Salfit 2, Jericho 1, Hebron 2.
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]
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